Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-31

"Chile, dat a mighty slick pup yo' got
da'," he said one day, beaming down at
young Newfoundland dog that had followed
me to the field. snow, dat members me
oh Marse David's fus' law case. eber tole
yo' bout dat, honeyl Neberl Well, den
Ise gwine do dat, caise dat one OBJ de mos
profoundes' 'casons en- my hole sperience.
Yo' see dat happen 'fo' de wah; yes, long
time TO de wah, when libed with Kunnul
Chambe's folks en- Souf Carlina. Oar wuz
nary mo- 'portant family en- dem pawts dan
de Kunnuls, tink, less ct wuz de Can
fieps; dey ce'tainly wuz OBJ de vury toppes'
crust an mighty hixerfootnum en- dey
ways. Den da' wuz de Hammon's, dey wuz
ticlar fine folks, too, but shoe, chile dey
wuz'n nigh ser rich an come-uppity like de
Kunnurs an de Canhels.
Yo' see dc Kunnuls house ct STAN spank
up ergin dc souf side OBJ de town, an hab
err big plantation on dat side, an de Can
fell mansion STAN sphinx up ergin de no'f
side oh de town with or big plantation on
dat side, an honey, doan yo' neber mistrus'
but what dey domanc ober an squeeze dat
town putty had betwix uni
Well, de Hammons dey lib in de town
an keep sto', en- dey rite spectacle people,
too, but lori dey not half ser rich an come
vay-uppity en- dey libin' like dc Chambe's
an dc Canfiel's; still dey seem on rite
good tu'ms with one'nuder, dough know
mighty we'll de Hammon's mos ready ter
boiler many er time fun de squeezin'.
Yo' see, honey, wuz de Kunnups body
su'veynt den, en- keep track rite study OBJ
what wuz goin' on, caise / been sont
on ser many yarrends ter de Canfiel's
au' do sto'. Well, de Kunnul only
hab one chile, a dattah named MISS
Myra, an or pow'ful capturin' creetah
she wuz, too, an de Canfels only hab one
chile, mighty peart boy named Willum,
an dc Hammon's dey hab jis' one chile,
rite likely son named Adam, an dar ct wuz,
honey; dc same ole tree conna'd circum-
stance OATS made dis void jis' minis an
mints OBJ troubled Eff or ting aim squa' Ell
mos suah not ter fit inter dis y,ath without
poundin', en- dat mos suah ter hut some
one. En- dis case de fouth connah not bein'
dare's what rile up all de bill'usness an
IKE Marse Adams fus' law case ser
,strissin'-
Well, dem chillum all grow up tergodder,
un purp soon dat tree conna'd game COM
mence ter get played. One day, I min,
wen Marse David wuz err boy l hyah ole
Marse Harmon say ter i'm; Son, yo'
BETA tu'n yo' min ter dc law; yo' gwine
need dat some day ter take keer yo'sef with
heah, sides dat yo' gifts, an Denominations
pint dat way
So aftah he schooln' wuz ober Marse
David gin ter larn de law, Nsat Marse Will
lum play de gent man az dey bofe gin
pesterin' aftah Miss Myra in EARNEST. An,
honey, dcy wuz mighty sprucious chaps.
Mebby Marse David leetle de tales, but
Marse Willum he wuz 'mazin takin, sho'.
Well, bout dat time de Kunnel he make er
trip ter Charleston, and when he tu'n up at
home ergin he fotch or pow'ful fine New
foun'lin' pup with um.
Den, honey, de triberlatin' sot in; triber-
latin fur dc Kunnel an me, an triberlatin'
fur dat tree connad game OBJ Tub. DE
Kunnel an me we got de bigges' shere at
fus'. He name dat pup de Duke OBJ Eden
bug, an 'claar, chile, / SPARED ofen
OBJ cher gittin' i'm raised up ter de
yeahs OBJ descrushion Feared like he
jis' gwine dig up dc hole plantation
an chaw de souf side out OBJ de town en-
spite OBJ us But me an de Kunnul stuck
ter Nm an de shine dat de Kunnul tuck ter